oud

See also: oud- and Oud

English

An oud.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic عُود (ʕūd). Doublet of lute.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uːd/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uːd

Noun

oud (plural ouds)

  1. (music) A short-necked and fretless plucked stringed instrument of the lute family, of Arab and Turkish origin.
    Coordinate term: sintir
  2. (perfume) Agarwood.

Derived terms

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch alt, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (grow, nourish).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

oud (attributive ou, comparative ouer, superlative oudste)

  1. old

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈou̯t]

Noun

oud m inan

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of úd

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • oud in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • oud in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch alt, from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (grow, nourish).

Compare German alt, West Frisian âld, Low German old, English old.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑu̯t/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯t

Adjective

oud (comparative ouder, superlative oudst)

  1. old
    De oude man en de zee.
    The Old Man and the Sea.
  2. stale (of bread)

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Next to the regular form oude, the form ouwe is also used informally.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: hau
  • Jersey Dutch: āud, āut
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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Portuguese

Noun

oud m (plural ouds)

  1. Alternative spelling of ud
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